n.
- a piece of paper or card giving the holder a right to admission to a place or event or to travel on public transport.
- a certificate or warrant, especially an official notice of a traffic offence.
- a label attached to a retail product, giving its price, size, etc.
- chiefly N. Amer. a list of candidates put forward by a party in an election.
▸a set of principles or policies supported by a party in an election.
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(the ticket)
informal the desirable thing:
a holiday would be just the ticket.
- Scottish & US informal a person of a specified kind.
v.
(tickets, ticketing, ticketed)
- issue or mark with a ticket.
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(be ticketed)
N. Amer. be destined or heading for a specified state or position.
Derivative
- ticketed adj.
- ticketless adj.
Etymology
C16: shortening of obs. Fr. étiquet, from OFr. estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’; cf. etiquette.